Euthyphro
| Euthyphro | |
|---|---|
| Εὐθύφρων | |
Henri Estienne's 1578 edition of Euthyphro, parallel Latin and Greek text. | |
| Also known as | On Holiness |
| Author(s) | Plato |
| Compiled by | Thrasyllus of Mendes |
| Language | Attic Greek |
| Date | 4th century BC |
| Provenance | Byzantine empire |
| Series | Dialogues of Plato |
| Manuscript(s) | List |
| Principal manuscript(s) | Codex Oxoniensis Clarkianus 39 (Oxford, Bodleian Library) |
| First printed edition | 1513 by Aldus Manutius |
| Genre | Socratic dialogue |
| Subject | Piety, Euthyphro dilemma |
| Setting | Stoa Basileios, Ancient Athens |
| Personages | Socrates, Euthyphro |
| Text | Euthyphro at Wikisource |
Euthyphro (/ˈjuːθɪfroʊ/; Ancient Greek: Εὐθύφρων, romanized: Euthyphrōn), is a philosophical work by Plato written in the form of a Socratic dialogue set during the weeks before the trial of Socrates in 399 BC. In the dialogue, Socrates and Euthyphro attempt to establish a definition of piety. This however leads to the main dilemma of the dialogue when the two cannot come to a satisfactory conclusion. Is something pious because the gods approve of it? Or do the gods approve of it because it is pious? This aporetic ending has led to one of the longest theological and meta-ethical debates in history.